Križevci pri Ljutomeru (, in older sources ''Križovci'', german: Kreuzdorf) is a settlement in the Prlekija region in eastern

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. It is the seat of the

Municipality of Križevci The Municipality of Križevci (; sl, Občina Križevci) is a municipality in the Prlekija region in eastern Slovenia. It gets its name from the largest settlement and administrative seat of the municipality, Križevci pri Ljutomeru. It is part ...

. It is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the Mura Statistical Region.

Church

The local

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, built in the centre of the settlement, is dedicated to the Holy Cross and belongs to the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota The Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota ( la, Dioecesis Sobotensis; sl, Škofija Murska Sobota) is a diocese located in the city of Murska Sobota in the Ecclesiastical province of Maribor in Slovenia. History * April 7, 2006: Established ...

. It was built in 1891 with some elements of the earlier 12th- and 15th-century buildings incorporated into the current Neo-Romanesque building.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Križevci pri Ljutomeru include: * Franc Kirar (1893–1978), beekeeperBokal, Ljudmila, ed. 2008. ''Čebelarski terminološki slovar.'' Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU and Lukovica: Čebelarska zveza Slovenije, p. 255.

References

External links

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Križevci pri Ljutomeru on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Križevci {{Križevci-geo-stub